06/04/2017

New writing by another friend and former Buffalonian, Rick Halpern, Bissell-Heyd Chair of American Studies at the University of Toronto. Rick and co-author Alex Litchtenstein have collected Margaret Bourke-White's photographs from a 1949 trip to South Africa for Life Magazine. Many of them were previously unpublished. Rick and Alex put the photos in historical context, explaining the rise of apartheid. They also discuss Margaret Bourke-White's "artistic and political formation." It is published by Indiana University Press and you can check it out at its website. You can also see Rick's many other published works at Amazon. Way to go, Rick!

06/01/2017

From the collection of Peter Wettlaufer, another beautiful luggage sticker from his godparents' (Ashford and Priscilla Murch) traveling days. It's still there, and it looks the same. Here is a screengrab from its website. Worth a visit to the site just to see what the rooms look like.